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ECB Cyber Resilience Oversight Expectations for Financial Market Infrastructures

European Central Bank expectations for cyber resilience of euro area financial market infrastructures. 21 expectations across 3 pillars: governance (board oversight, risk appetite, cyber strategy), identification and protection (threat-led testing, situational awareness, learning and evolving), and detection and response (incident management, recovery, crisis communication). Builds on CPMI-IOSCO cyber resilience guidance with ECB-specific supervisory expectations.

Clause Title SP 800-53 Controls
CROE.2.1.1 Governance — Cyber resilience strategy and framework
CROE.2.1.2 Governance — Role of the board and senior management
CROE.2.2.1 Identification — Risk assessment framework
CROE.2.2.2 Identification — Information asset management and classification
CROE.2.2.3 Identification — External dependencies and interconnections
CROE.2.3.1 Protection — Access management and identity
CROE.2.3.2 Protection — Personnel security and awareness
CROE.2.3.3 Protection — Data security and cryptographic protection
CROE.2.3.4 Protection — System security and configuration management
CROE.2.3.5 Protection — Network and infrastructure security
CROE.2.3.6 Protection — Physical and environmental security
CROE.2.4 Detection — Monitoring and detection capabilities
CROE.2.5.1 Response and recovery — Incident management and response
CROE.2.5.2 Response and recovery — Recovery planning and 2-hour RTO
CROE.2.5.3 Response and recovery — Crisis communication and coordination
CROE.2.6.1 Testing — Comprehensive cyber resilience testing programme
CROE.2.6.2 Testing — TIBER-EU threat intelligence-led red teaming
CROE.2.7.1 Situational awareness — Threat intelligence and monitoring
CROE.2.7.2 Situational awareness — Sector-wide information sharing
CROE.2.8.1 Learning and evolving — Lessons learned and continuous improvement
CROE.2.8.2 Learning and evolving — Adapting to emerging threats and regulatory evolution